Valyrian steel: who has the swords that can defeat white walkers?

[@AltShiftX]

FAQ: - Wights (zombies) can be killed with fire, but we've never seen a white walker (icy blokes) killed by fire - only by dragonglass or Valyrian steel - Yes, in the real world, longswords are longer than bastard swords. But in ASOIAF, bastard swords are longer than longswords. (Jon VIII, AGOT) - Yes, in the tv show, Tywin hires a Volantene smith to reforge Ice. But in the books, it's Tobho Mott. (Tyrion IV, ASOS) - Yes, in the tv show, Brienne names Oathkeeper. But in the books, Jaime names Oathkeeper. (Jaime IX, ASOS) - No, Arya's sword Needle is not Valyrian steel. It's regular steel forged in Winterfell. - No, the Iron Throne isn't Valyrian steel - Yes, Dawn is cool as fuck, but it's never referred to as Valyrian steel. Yall can stop commenting about this stuff now 😶

[@runevallesether2855]

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[@mphylo2296]

True. Dawn is made from a meteor

[@michaelmay9946]

Where did this metal come to be because the white walkers know of this metal. When Longclaw conneted with the ice blade he knew what it was. The walkers know Varlarian steel.

[@Nwakilla187]

They can get killed by fire if it's from the dragon.

[@MsStevil]

I thought the dagger now in the possession of Arya was valerian steel.

[@TheRealSamPreece]

"Joffrey uses his sword to slay...a book, and then...a pie...and then he dies." lmao

[@Divine_Chareka]

Joffrey was indeed a great figher

[@pugasaurusrex8253]

Joffrey, bastard king of the south, slayer of books, birds, and pies, master of little shits

[@oliviergrenier3574]

Pugasaurus Rex Protector of his own ego.

[@batman-gu7pm]

Brienne uses her sword to kill men with a stick and a broken sword.

[@Travis015]

😂😂😂😂

[@oliverwarren1074]

Ah, back when we thought the show was still reaching for this level of complexity.

[@GoogleGebruiker]

True. It was simple af.

[@neessie1]

So much agreed

[@kingnro1]

It never was though

[@aloadofbollocks988]

kingnro1 The first four seasons were fairly true to the source material, and George was working closely with the writers, even writing some scenes himself I believe.

[@KamKing19]

The disappointment I feel in the uselessness of everything here is too large.

[@Kriosaivak]

Honestly, the idea of Tywin not only reforming Ice into two Lannister swords, but also dying it red so that it can never be remade, is sadder than some deaths to me. The death of a long tradition for House Stark. :(

[@bigladsubaru3523]

@fabRic_jAck The only reason I can think of is that he figured he might have to sentence some people to death. He had the whole “the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword” philosophy and Ice is really only used for executions.

[@Cobalt360Degrees]

It's sad but it also almost makes me angry. Ned being killed wasn't enough, he had to give some additional insult to the Starks after their Warden of the North died. Tywin destroying Ice like that was so vile and petty.

[@richy320]

one thing i hated aswell thats a stark artifact to plz an idiot like joffrey

[@josemiguelgouveia5248]

@fabRic_jAck yea more tragic but at least ice would still be "alive"

[@DunceCapSyndrome]

@@Cobalt360Degrees Ice can’t even be used in battle. It was way more practical to break it down to something useable. Dyeing it red was petty af though.

[@SCCH286]

"Certainly XX will have implications later in the show" "Possibly YY will tie the present and the past in a very cool way" "ZZ can be an important plot point in the final seasons" Well, here we are.

[@T3noir]

D&D just sorta forgot everything

[@gunargundarson1626]

@@T3noir that usually happens when a mouse-runned mafia offers you a deal you can’t refuse.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

We were a hopeful lot.

[@sevenpolar3483]

@@gunargundarson1626 I don't think it is even that. I think they were so egotistical and arrogant that they spent their time getting high and throwing parties and slapped the ending together in a weekend while believing themselves to be infallible. It speaks volumes that they have been fired from every project since.

[@AlexandrZaytsevet]

Randyll Tarly just sorta forgot about his valyrian sword.

[@Misa.misato]

hahahah That is what I was thinking. Sam steals it and no one seems to notice nor care. Then he just randomly gives it to Jorah. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@neophore8435]

@Misimisato how could they care, Randyll was burned by Daenerys

[@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist]

You just kinda forgot that he died... Which I don't blame you for

[@MrJuanmggg]

“KIND of forgot...” You have to say it right or it won’t work

[@kimaboe]

Almost 1000 likes for a post about someone who had his sword stolen, and didn't have time to do much about that before he was rather forcefully dragged off to fight a war and swiftly turned into charcoal.

[@JeremyEricson]

"Widow's Wail is now the only known Valyrian sword in the city of King's Landing, so it surely will come in handy sometime." Yeaaahhhhh... no.

[@sirocco2810]

I like how every theory or hope the fans had before season 8 had the same response, "yeeeaaahhhh no."

[@corv3007]

@@sirocco2810 wait i have an idea let's just think of season 8 as non canon fan fiction

[@Blackhawk211]

@@corv3007 the whole show is fan fic. the books are the main event

[@corv3007]

@@Blackhawk211 Ok i wouldn't go that far

[@generalgrievous92]

Kristen Hallingu It's true though

[@70BTHS]

So in short, every time Alt Shift says something like "It's not clear how (insert sword) will tie into the show" just insert the Narrator saying " *it won't* "

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

Are your expectations subverted?

[@muss2055]

@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 yes, i expected something good but i got season 8.

[@70BTHS]

@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 Yes! I expected the series finally couldn't let me down anymore than episode 5 already did, EXPECTATIONS SUBVERTED

[@scorpio594]

10:00 "This is why we need a Game Of Thrones prequel movie, guys" Even better, we got a TV show.

[@edim108]

Even better yet, George is on the writing team, consulting the show writers and personally reviewing the scripts for episodes. House of the Dragon is SO GOOD! It's like the first few seasons of Game of Thrones, but with this late episodes high budget from the start.

[@JohnDoe-tj8rq]

And I just got spoiled by this YT Video

[@vaishakhgk9811]

There was no spoiler alert 🥲😪😢

[@potato4481]

​@@vaishakhgk9811 there was no hotd back then 😢

[@smartmonke1604]

And it slapped 😭

[@petefarx1882]

The most powerful weapon against white walkers: unfathomably bad writers.

[@wdmertens]

Pete Farx also plot armour is a worthy opponent

[@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist]

I've never even written a story but I'm pretty sure I could've done better

[@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist]

@rishu kr._69 yes, it would be shit. It would be shit better than this shit.

[@zub41r75]

or small flying girls?

[@ton_sniper8281]

Things were great until the end

[@elpeacecarter]

Who's here after the battle of winterfell realizing none of this matters

[@TomVanceMusic]

yup, so weird. So much wasted build up imo

[@alfieburns9019]

@@noncanalepricnipale are you really going to complain about the dothrakis running to death even though no one knows a lot about white walkers whites and creatures of that nature smh just be happy you even got this great show and stop complaining just because you want to see an unrealistic shit storm TL:DR stop whining you dumb bitch

[@alfieburns9019]

@Joel Ashworth watching them for a bit isn't going to tell you much, most enemy taxtics are learned with espionage have fun trying to sneak in to a white walkers domain to learn how they fight

[@alfieburns9019]

@Joel Ashworth my initial problem with your comment is the fact you complain about the show just stop watching it if you are willing to complain about it online

[@brawlingnumber]

@@alfieburns9019 Alfie Burns are you really complaining about some random internet dude's opinion. Stop reading comments if you're willing to complain about them online.

[@KilllerWhale]

"the night that never ends" It ended withing 60 minutes

[@utsabdey6306]

Even we in real life experience longer night than that😂😂😂

[@TheHeroRobertELee]

Long night my ass. Winter not only didnt come. It just passed on by.

[@joshreeves1036]

The long night is what would have happened had the white walkers won and killed everyone in Westeros, it isn’t the battle of winterfell😂

[@heynowur9146]

@@TheHeroRobertELeesup robert

[@human6310]

​@@TheHeroRobertELee sup robert

[@GoldEzmoreth]

I love how optimistic this video is about how the 8th season was gonna go

[@phunkym8]

man these videos should have aged well but the writing of season 8 shits on everything. every theory you made a video about makes so much more sense than what we got in the show

[@brosephiroth]

its almost as if complex lore was planned by the author to distract us

[@infantjones]

the writing of season 7 and 8, rather

[@mattstryker2886]

They could have done 10 seasons too, it's so sad to see a great show rushed. They are amazing writers but idk what happened and why it got so rushed making it bad

[@alexanderward5286]

We still have the following books

[@Alphine-iq9dx]

I’m telling you the whole prince who was promised prophecy thing is gonna be the base for the next sequel. The company is gonna squeeze this for all its money

[@chapterfourlancelot6585]

Jon Snow - LongClaw Jaime Lannister - Widow's Wail Brienne of Tarth - Oathkeeper Samwell Tarly - Heartsbane Arya Stark - Catspaw Dagger

[@RFABProductions]

"lots of cunts"

[@URmomsleftBREAST]

No proof that Jaime has widow’s wail.

[@katsu_papi]

@@URmomsleftBREAST actually there is, Olenna Tyrell noticed Jaime wielding it on the sacking of the High Garden...she also mentioned Joffrey being a "real cunt" for naming the sword "Widow's Wail"..look it up.

[@j.chaitlal9421]

A dagger is not a sword .

[@meethindocha1824]

Euron greyjoy-valerian armour

[@iamakashetty]

Or else they could ask bran stark for how they made valerian steel since he can see every thing

[@bejkxfly1749]

Damn that's right

[@samdherring]

A little late to be trying to fold steel over and over many 100 times per blade now though

[@iamakashetty]

@@samdherring yaa right cause winter is here already and they have dragon glass so no worries

[@MrAwawe]

@@samdherring I don't think the Damascus pattern actually comes from folding in the cannon. It remains on the metal after being melted down which suggests the structure forms on its own as it solidifies.

[@ttly1384]

@@MrAwawe Right, and it's said that Valyrian steel is made with magic and spells so there's that

[@awaywiththefaeries9464]

The Night King probably walked into Westeros thinking, if I die, at least it’ll be memorable and a satisfying conclusion to years of waiting and countless fan theories.

[@arnoldherm1594]

A whole video about swords, but turned out to be a knife

[@Priyo866]

Turns out that people are too dumb to realize that dagger was also Valyrian steel.

[@maarten9272]

@@Priyo866 A FUCKING DAGGER

[@eff943]

you know, the worst thing is... that could've actually been an amazing ironic twist...a subverting our expectations in a GOOD way...but the way it was actually done by D & D? just ..LOL😂 not just that but the whole episode (the whole season really) was so damn rushed, all plot logic and lore just tossed out the window like Bran in s1 (and like the whitewalkers he doesn't do shit the whole fight despite being the 3 eyed raven who can see everything..), now GoT has gotta be right up there for a nomination for the biggest wasted potential in TV history...

[@w7n424]

@@maarten9272 I’m not angry a dagger killed him I’m just angry how the dagger killed him

[@Matt_10203]

@@w7n424 yeah lol it just plunges straight through the NKs armour like it's nothing.

[@Zain12131]

You are the definition of quality over quantity. Bravo sir.

[@shaheerb.a.3528]

The Kurzgesagt of the GOT Lore

[@Zain12131]

no idea what that is but amen to that brother.

[@friedkeenan]

Also Lemmino

[@killadomain]

youtube the word kurzgesgat or in a nutshell.An amazing youtube channel as well hence Shaheer's refrence.

[@VaoDxArchAngel]

Bravos ir

[@Eric-yc7po]

incredible how a couple fans can figure out better ways to connect lore together in an elaborate and convincing way better than writers paid millions of dollars.

[@shatondrayauch8606]

"Because he's a nasty little shit" - best description of Joffrey ever. Succinct. Descriptive. Accurate.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Or as Olenna Tyrell put it "a cunt".

[@w7n424]

If Joffrey is a nasty little shit then what is Ramsay 😂

[@evalynekariuki2355]

🤣😂

[@mrstrife690]

@@w7n424 ramsey is a nasty older shit

[@бронза.вафля.конус]

@@w7n424 a nasty big shit

[@bplup6419]

"Randyll Tarly will want the sword back." Eh not so much anymore

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Yep. turns out the writers fucking forgot or something. lmao

[@dakotaskye1414]

Randyll Tarly is dead with his other son, samwell can't swing a sword.So it will go to somebody else

[@drgroove9813]

Him and dickon got grilled

[@jeraldsm4059]

Randyll and Dickon Tarly got roasted by drogon.

[@alanj3440]

The books and the tv show are different.

[@jaqenhigar183]

"Randall will want his sword back..." Danny: "Hold my beer..."

[@grzxcv98]

Starbucks coffee actually

[@grzxcv98]

You mean hold my Starbucks coffee.

[@cbrreezzyy69]

0:01 the real threat to Westeros is Dan and Dave

[@jaym.g.5789]

Ice = Widow's (Lyanna) Wail + Oathkeeper (promise me Ned). Joffrey thought he was being his typical clever sadistic self when he named it, but it turned out fitting after Jamie/Brianne names Oathkeeper

[@rebeccakhoury3737]

Jay Gunz genius

[@falinestixiaolong9691]

I thought it was Catelyn's Wail, since the blade killed her husband before being reforged. Anywat, as Lady Olenna said "He really was a cunt."

[@dianneesposo7002]

Damnnn

[@caseco4979]

Dang

[@abhinxndh]

"Joffrey uses his sword to slay a book..... and then a pie....and then he dies" I spat out coffee all over my laptop.... damn you guys ...XD XD XD

[@22steve5150]

well the one time we saw him try to fight with a regular steel sword, Arya kicked his little ass.

[@rianafsanzani5744]

Haha

[@logancraig8034]

Joffrey uses Widow’s wail to slay a book and a pie... and then he dies. 😂😂😂

[@XiyuYang]

Logan Craig nasty little shit

[@harrisonmorgan7492]

He kills a bird in the pie aswell. So he kills 1 living thing.

[@thequietkidintheclass3972]

And a couple of pigeons

[@blackrose_221]

I love how hopeful everyone was about the ending of the show back in the day

[@theesteviefranchise458]

As always...Great work, Shift!! There was much more than I would've expected for a relatively simple topic. Now, only 180 more swords for you to research then your work on Valyrian swords will be complete.

[@palemoonlight96]

Thee Stevie Franchise haha ikr he works so hard on always finding so much cool info, he'd definitely be a maester in citadel if he lived in the world of got 😍

[@pratheekjbhat2134]

Heartsbane, Lady Forlorn Longclaw Nightfall Oathkeeper Red Rain Widow's Wail arakh ( owned by Caggo) Ice Blackfyre Brightroar Dark Sister Lamentation Orphan-Maker ( the ancestral sword of House Roxton) Truth Vigilance ( the ancestral sword of House Hightower )

[@5280PolotheKid]

Who's truth ?

[@corv3007]

5280z007 Timett son of Timett

[@5280PolotheKid]

@@corv3007 a hilltribesmen has valyrion steel?

[@TheV8Pumpkin]

My favorite isn't even a valerian sword, Dawn 😍

[@corv3007]

Zibby H mabye its made of alien valiryan steel

[@albertroca971]

It's so sad to hear all this stuff now, at the light of season 8... everything you people say is far, far more interesting, promising and in one word... cool, than anything that happened.

[@mia414]

@Salmon we never gonna get DoS

[@bonky8043]

Its kinda weird how Dany kept her ~8000 unsullied for so long. Im sure that more of them died during the battles, considering the final episode where she has her entire army there, it looks quite sustained in numbers even though many died. Also, in the second last episode, it was made clear that the lannisters had 20 000 golden company soldiers yet the unsullied looked like they had more than them...

[@crazydauzy8887]

Writer wasted a lot of potential and they just stopped caring so now i am watching lore videos until next book drops so I can binge watch whole got books

[@AlchemistOfHecate]

​@@crazydauzy8887binge-read* lol

[@Morfe02]

Lmaooo

[@JermaineLal]

@@crazydauzy8887idk in lore the unsullied did it against the dorkai

[@greentop1239]

"...and finally became a tree-wizard-man." What a sentence.

[@watchthe1369]

DRUID, The word he was looking for was Druid......

[@mdegauss]

So is the guy from zelda secretly one?..... "its dangerous to go alone"

[@Twiggyay]

... Turned out the Night king and the long night wasn't such a threat after all.

[@grizzdesu9732]

thank goodness everyone lived including the dothraki

[@hadison6838]

I mean, I literally said "I've been waiting for years just for THIS???"... I've never been so disappointed in my life before.

[@josemexable]

@@hadison6838 oh I forgot even the godamn dorthraki survived 😂😂 what the hell man

[@howyadoinmate1868]

Of course the drunk pumpkin lady is the final boss of all time

[@happyzone1000]

@fabRic_jAck stop using your computer and phone if you care about climate change. Otherwise shut your mouth 😂

[@nonpervenuto7464]

"the sword will play a big role in jon's fight against he white walkers" *season 8 happens* It's better to be ignorant and live in bliss than know the truth and live in agony

[@shivanithapliyal7518]

Interesting how Robert Baratheon was so accomplished even without a Valyrian steel - war hammer was a scary weapon to yield

[@alansolis5709]

cutting properties don't matter if you can smash the shit outta someone

[@russman3787]

@@alansolis5709 Nor does the reduced weight of valyrian steel. In fact, a valyrian warhammer might be less effective than a normal steel one.

[@smolmoonpearl6660]

"Joffrey, meanwhile, uses his Valerian sword to slay a book, then a pie, then he dies" I love it.

[@CytotoxicTrev]

It turns out Jorah's reaction to seeing Jon with Longclaw is extremely mild-mannered and sympathetic.

[@22steve5150]

I think he was just happy knowing that John avenged his father's murder using Longclaw and that the sword is in possession of the king in the north, who Jorah can probably tell right away is an abnormally good and moral man for someone in such a seat of power.

[@hiphopaddict007]

@@22steve5150 Exactly. Add that to the fact that Jon Snow (Targaryen) immediately attempted to return Long Claw to Jorah when he met him in Season 7. I think in Jorah's eyes this act of kindness only furthered his resolve that the sword was in the right hands.

[@nickdentoom1173]

Its also because of Jorah's actions in the past that he feels he doesn't deserve the sword, but aside from that: If Jon offers it to Jorah, he also has to offer it to Lyanna Mormont.

[@Arcian]

9:58 "This is why we need a Game of Thrones prequel movie, guys." HBO: "We'll do you one better."

[@dirtybirds423]

Lmaoo literally came here just for this comment

[@c0mputer]

Yeah but it’s not really a great show.

[@branditothebandito428]

"This is why we need a Targaryen prequel movie" -Alt Shift X predicting house of the dragon 5 years before it's release

[@Image-vj3jz]

You see those Dothraki from Essos? They've got curved sword. Curved. Swords.

[@michaelbakker2339]

I couldn't help but think the exact same thing when he mentioned it. I even heard it in the guard's voice

[@CoffeeWyrm]

@Ben Jefferson Apparently, GRRM intended the arakh's to be more like talwars or shamshirs. Which is a more appropriate weapon for horse-back.

[@pattmcruss4604]

Image 13137 you have committed crimes against Westeros and her people. What do you say in your defense?

[@mrhuntalot123]

Big CURVED penises

[@gabriel300010]

@@pattmcruss4604 it was just a sweetroll

[@devilishgenius]

damn. three eyed raven really got around.

[@titlo3646]

Rahul Seoparsan are we talking about bran or tree wizard guy, cuz if it's bran. Well... FUCK BRAN FOR KILLING HODOR

[@chrismorse3862]

+Nymeria73 didn't seem too fucked up until Bran traveled to the time in the past while the current Hodor was being killed

[@colecotten26]

Adaneth bran actually fxcked Hodor twice. First time he made him mental then got him killed. Fxck Bran

[@johnflanigan4681]

Discovering your channel only after season eight makes me just so mad

[@barttorbert5031]

My take on Valyrian steel -- First start with dragonglass (obsidian) being the only other material that can kill a White Walker. Maybe glass made with fire is the magical opposite of glass made from cold. The latter being ice, which is what the White Wallker's blades are made of. Regular steel won't kill a White Walker, but Valyrian steel can. I have to believe then that Valyrian steel is an amalgam of steel and dragonglass. How could this be achieved and why could only ancient Valyria pull this off? I have found examples of where people have tried to amalgamate obsidian and iron. It does not work to create uniform product. The result is iron mixed with crystals of some really strange minerals. But what if for the purpose of the story, the Valyrians were able to achieve an amalgamation, but it took a really hot fire to pull it off. The technology of the GOT era would limit the heat sources for a blacksmith to wood, charcoal, and coal. But the Valyrians had another heat source that only they had access to, that being dragon fire. From what is said of the destructive force of dragon fire in the books, it is very, very hot. So if dragon fire is the ultimate secret of how Valyrian steel is made, then only the ancient Valyrians had access to it and when Valyria was destroyed, the secret was lost and the dragons eventually died off (at least in the more western part of the known world) thus no more new Valyrian steel.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

If this was so surely one of the pre-Dance Targaeryen kings would have had the idea to try this I think. I think there was for sure some magickery shenanigans employed.

[@barttorbert5031]

@@Ballin4Vengeance I think you are correct. Modern attempts to merge metal with obsidian never work. You get a mass that is part one and part the other. I am comfortable with the "magic required" idea because at the point of time where Game of Thrones is set, magic has been lost and is just then reviving. So before this, making Valyrian steel was not possible.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

@@barttorbert5031 I have a theory that it can have something to do with where or how the iron is mined/acquired. Maybe valyrian iron having special characteristics due to forming in a volcanic enviroment, which would explain us having no such thing available to the current world(we don’t know of an active volcano in the known world). It could also be the extreme case that the ore was taken in form of molten lava right from one of the Fires, but that’s a stretch even for ASoIAF.

[@rushabhbhakta7181]

Was re-watching old Alt Shift videos when my notification for this new video popped up......oh happy day

[@Aiden-d4l]

The “Joffrey names his sword widows wail cause he’s a nasty little shit” gets me every time

[@jackmeriustacktheritrix]

Jon Snow: I have your sword, here take it Jorah: Naw mate, i'm good. You're the man, you keep it. Jon Snow: aww thanks man That's basically what happened

[@HM4Hill]

And then Sam gave Jorah a Valeryian sword more fitting for his size

[@Uwuzumaki13]

The three eyed raven cannot see things that happened in essos which ia where valarya is because it's out of his scope.

[@echelade3781]

When he asks for a prequel film and now House of the Dragon is now out

[@DzinkyDzink]

C'mon ASX! Needle is no less storied blade: 1. It was a token gift forged for a little girl on the order of her bastard brother and was never really meant to kill anyone. 2. It made the little girl a bloody killer at an age of 9 which beats Sandor by 3 years and he was a healthy boy. 3. It became the hope for a little scared child and helped her to survive the streets of one of the shitiest cities in the Westeros. 4. Bloody Others know what kind of(or rather whose) teeth Polliver used to pick with it. 5. It was reunited with it's rightful master by a twist of fate consumating the union with the blood of the offendors like a true balde should. 6. It is a tool and a symbol of Arya's vengeance which she refuses to discard even at the behest of the Kindly Man. 7. It's going to bloody kill some more people before the story ends.

[@scigrrl]

Nick Dzink I do hope she outgrows it though :D

[@csabagalambos1461]

No chance. (Go watch that video ;))

[@Hobodeluxe960]

it was her steadfast link to her family that she couldn't give up. the one thing that she couldn't do was throw it in the water. if not for that token of her self she might have been lost to the Many Faced God. Also she is sporting Cat's Paw the dagger in the new pics. It was last thought to be in the possession of Peter Baelish.

[@costan7470]

Hobodeluxe960 it will be Arya the one who kills Littlefinger and takes his knife 👊

[@Hobodeluxe960]

most likely yes.

[@Zillionare]

Not only are you an entertaining dude making interesting videos, I also respect you for not using unnecessary capital letters in the titles.

[@John-ex4eq]

Skedetin DaJonne indeed

[@mrpalaces]

Valyrian Steel ALL THE SECRETS (GONE SEXUAL)

[@yapzerkon]

n how epic u said.... cuz he's a nasty little shit

[@carebear91]

How fitting, little finger DID die by that dagger. :)

[@w00tw00t4l00t]

In the dogshit that HBO is trying to pass off as an adaptation of ASOIAF.

[@chekkat8956]

Is it me OR in da thumbnail on da right the sword look like Ghidorha;-;.

[@reymax9053]

@@chekkat8956 that’s oathkeeper and it doesn’t look like gidorah any more than any other dragon imo

[@summ.3433]

In the dumbest, worst way imaginable yes.

[@Serenade2461]

Honestly, these videos are making me really excited for Winds of Winter. Especially since George CLAIMS he will finally be done writing it next year (2021) thanks to literally being holed up in a cabin all year.

[@holidarckmaster]

[So that was a fucking lie]

[@MugenHeadNinja]

@@holidarckmaster Hey now, years not over yet...... god I hope he finishes it before it's too late.

[@holidarckmaster]

@@MugenHeadNinja we all do, best christmas gift ever

[@tahahisham772]

Well bad news

[@diegoundreiner6392]

@@MugenHeadNinja unfortunate

[@nookingo]

Dude, your pronunciation, accent and pause is so freaking good... Can you narrate my life?!?!

[@Liofa73]

Ricardo Garcia Aburto --- No, his pronunciation and enunciation is fucking terrible, an Australian trying his hardest to sound English and failing. He's pronouncing everything in his own manner, nothing like the show.

[@Vistresian1941]

"nothing like the show" Why does it have to be like the show..? Fucking picky, aren't you?

[@arthur2953]

"He was about to walk into a wall." "Oh, thanks dude."

[@villanellepollastri8894]

@@Liofa73 he just sounds like an Aussie... You idiot.

[@darrenchan8100]

Liofa we get it; ur english

[@Buttsaggington55]

You could have made up 100% of everything and I wouldn't have known

[@jonfindlay7838]

You could be making that up and we wouldn't know.

[@khedron]

impactofredemption *citation needed

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

+Jon Findlay, so you just believe that of whom you're the biggest fanboy? That's what it seems to me.

[@calebbeasley77]

Buttsaggington55 lmao

[@redlightg27]

Buttsaggington55 hahahaha real or not it's still useless information

[@jackdalton2538]

Can't bran just see back in time to when valerian was still making the steal and learn how to make it?

[@MrGollum1996]

Jack Dalton technically yes, but the show- producers are dumb. And george martin only writes the books, not the show, so i think this would only happen in the books. Did you see how stupid the last two seasons were in comparison to the other 5 before? Yeah thats when the seasons came before the book, and not the other way around.

[@guitarded55]

MrGollum1996 six was okay. Five was bad but not outrageously. Personally I think that season seven was the only season that could be considered a crime to George R. R. Martin's legacy. Sadly it probably won't get any better.

[@shravyaboggarapu5877]

Unless you cannot get all the ingredients to make it. Bran is no swordsmith either :P

[@FerretJohn]

Potentially, yes, but there are a few problems, first and foremost being that right now he doesn't have the time, the White Walkers are too close. Another problem is how his abilities work, he can watch the Master Smiths of old Valyria work but he can't participate himself, it's a big difference watching a video of work being done and doing it yourself. And lastly, I'm pretty sure a major component of making Dragon Steel (the other name for Valyrian Steel) is Dragon Fire, currently there are only two around, neither available for smith duties

[@godkingtrump7807]

You need dragon fire to forge the obsidian (mineral base of valarian steel aka dragon glass). He hasn't met Dany and her dragons yet.

[@elijahhannah249]

Wonder what the sword “Dawn” does to white walkers 🤔. It’s not Valyrian steel but made out of a “fallen star”

[@honestylowkeye1171]

"Bloodraven really needs his own video"... well?

[@Rafaelzation]

João Oakenspeare nah. R.I.P

[@lovebattleforge]

They will just steal their own video!! :D

[@grahamwade5932]

Just finished the Dunk and Egg novellas and would love the lowdown on Bloodraven, at least one that leans heavily on his book version as the show version doesn't really touch on his Bloodraven history or appearance

[@edithrigney5078]

I read them too & loved them

[@highpriestoftheahricult8144]

What a Boss!

[@DrWoodyII]

What a tangled web Martin did weave.

[@samatarahmed3706]

"Alt Shift X just uploaded a video" is the only thing that makes me click this fast

[@Helena-do7ei]

Hear hear.

[@baeylor6812]

Your profile pic triggers me

[@Champagne420]

Burrrnnnn 😂😂😂😂😂

[@samatarahmed3706]

for real i was wondering when i wrote that comment until i read the name lmao

[@Steampunk_enjoyer]

My guy almost predicted house of the dragon

[@brcarter1111]

One of the great differences between steel and iron is the small addition of about 1-2% carbon. This gives steel more flexibility and a sharper edge, so it is not shattered by the striking of sword or shield. The addition of carbon is important, yet more important is the removal of impurities (slag) from the iron, further adding to the strength and flexibility of steel. In the days of old, this was done with the addition of glass. When melted together with iron, carbon, and many other minerals at extremely high temperatures, the impurities would chemically bind to the glass and float to the top of the crucible and would be removed. I wonder what kind of glass was used to craft Valyrian steel???

[@thetemplar8167]

Brett Carter dragon glass probably

[@Rebellescum]

someone above DID say dragon glass WAS used to make the steel, perhaps this was the way? someone also told a possible way that they would learn how it was made

[@Jdb63]

@@thetemplar8167 It's not like that was a rhetorical or anything...

[@kindlin]

I never knew that about glass and steel. It makes sense that adding some silica et al to the iron may help it slag up the impurities, like some kind of flux (or anti-flux?).

[@matthiasprice]

You must be in to metallurgy

[@twstf8905]

Arya mentions the sword, "Darksister," to Tywin, when she's his cup bearer at Harrenhall.

[@mayank5341]

In the show or the books?

[@kellyquintero9454]

Mayank fifteen Show

[@RajeshMoturu]

huh!? such a keen observer!

[@Blackhawk211]

@@mayank5341 if you read the books then you'll know its impossible for the answer to have been books. Arya never met twyin in the books, It was Roose Bolton at Harrenhal

[@MarauderM00gi]

"..on raids with Red Rain in the reach" I like that sentence.

[@bigbean1627]

"This is why we need a game of thrones prequel movie guys" That aged like fine wine

[@knasbollolo]

Oh sweet summer child, thinking another book will be finished before the reaper arrives.

[@nickroschkov2649]

After watching ep.3 of season 8 all this theoretikal end‘s seem better than the ending of today‘s episode

[@ewitallday80]

spoiler the white walkers and the night king are just plot devices who mean nothing.

[@richardmille5337]

the writers ruined the whole fucking show bruh

[@elocc9570]

"This is why we need a GoT prequel." Well, look at us now. 😂

[@ninjagecko980]

The way I understand the dagger situation is that nobody is willing to part with any amount of valyrian steel for any amount of money, keeping Tywin from buying any amount of it to reforge. In fact, I believe at one point the books specifically reference how even broke noble families will never sell their Valyrian blades. Euron, being the magic-obsessed raider that he is, located the daggers, which, while more common than full swords, would still be considered priceless, but he claims them with iron, not gold, killing their owners to assemble his badass loot pile.

[@thomaswillard6267]

Or he really went to Valyria

[@florianbloch2295]

There is a sword that you missed. It is called Poison and belongs to "House Vunatis". A dynasty of pirates on the island of Bloodstone in the Stepstones. They stole it in ancient times from a merchant or something if I remember correctly.

[@emootikoah8156]

That's a CK2 mod? Not canon

[@asdsadfasdas]

Have you ever done a video on dawn, the sword of house dayne, not valyrian steel, but said to be as sharp

[@AltShiftX]

Not yet..

[@asdsadfasdas]

ooh, that could be a really good video

[@Aronmathew1]

The Button Man Not much information is available about it, so far everything we know about it is relatively speculative since the characters that have seen the sword in person (Ned, Jaime, Cersei, Tyrion) haven't described it in their POV's. The Dayne history is being intentionally withheld by GRRM, either to fuel speculation or simply as a safety net, in case he decides to add House Dayne as a major part of the story.

[@jeannebouwman1970]

Basically valerian steel but white

[@ellchicago]

Dawn is said to be as sharp as Valyrian steel. It is possible that Dawn will be used in the war between humans and the White Walkers. Plus there are theories that Dawn could be the original Lightbringer that Azor Ahai used.

[@jlshel42]

2 small theories after relistening to this years later: 1) Those daggers that Euron brought could be fake. With Valyrian steel being legendary and having a specific look, gotta think some people over the centuries would make lookalikes for profit. so Euron picked some up wholesale or looted them and found their true value. 2) Just thinking the renaming of swords could happen if a duel ended and the winner claimed the Val steel and renamed it. Or when Andal and First Men intermarried, bringing in an ancestral blade from one family and renaming it could have been a way to bind the families.

[@Buenomars]

Correct me if I am wrong but in the show, Jaime didn't name the sword; he let Brienne name it and she chose "Oathkeeper." I don't know about the books though.

[@omaranimationsbr]

Buenomars yep

[@nathanielstein8904]

Buenomars in show yep, in books nope

[@krimzonkamikaze8524]

Buenomars i just read the book. Didnt jaime give briennes Joffreys sword?

[@st.sptr.5475]

And yesterday we learnt Jamie keeps Jeoffrey's sword on his belt

[@letsplayradshadylegens7814]

Buenomars i was about to say that, you are correct i watched that episode a few days ago... again

[@Russell3267]

After the Game of Thrones ends they should make a separate season that covers Robert's Rebellion. I'd really love to see Rhaegar Targaryen "The Last Dragon", just imagine seeing a younger Ser Barristan Selmy, a full scene of Ser Jaime Lannister killing King Aerys Targaryen II, Battle of the Trident, and all the tournaments like the one when Prince Rhaegar Targaryen gives Lyanna Stark that blue crown of flowers instead of his own wife, Elia Martell. Like my comment if you'll love to see a season or two of Robert's Rebellion.

[@marijn8601]

I think it has a nice chance of happening, werent they making like 2-3 spin offs after Game of Thrones finished?

[@cristofererlandsson4444]

It would be awesome to have a prequel about Robert's rebellion but sadly Martin will never let that happen. He said that RR and Dunk & Egg will not be adapted onto the screen. Tho they are working on some prequels but its not known what it is, my guess is Dance of Dragons.

[@HM4Hill]

All of that with it wrapped up by Danys birth to transition into GoT kinda like what Rogue One did

[@samlewis3555]

I want that, to see the Battle of the Trident, Aerys’ death in full, Rickard and Brandon Stark’s brutal executions, Rhaegar’s annulment and the Sack of Kings Landing. I would love to see a young Robert Baratheon smashing his mighty war hammer into Rhaegar’s chest and scattering Rhaegar’s Rubies into the Trident, killing him. Maybe 1 or 2 seasons of Robert’s Rebellion would be great.

[@ianmarvinbolivar1848]

i just want to see a belly-less robert

[@MoeSalamaIbrahim]

10:00 This is why we need a movie prequel, guys. 7 years later: *House of the Dragon airing*

[@arenkai]

It would be interesting to see Jorah's reaction to Jon wielding longclaw ? GoT writers: "Ain't anybody got time for that ?"

[@joshreeves1036]

Well he did react to it in season 7, he just wasn’t bothered that Jon had it, since he dishonoured his family and gave up his position.

[@danfelbm]

Can you please make History videos using this kind of detailed explanation? ;P

[@fizahjasni7078]

Daniel Felipe I second that idea. Do videos for the historical events in The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli =)

[@TheWobolo]

Alt Shift X you're a beautiful human 💚

[@SuperNoobz22]

Imagine how cool it would be if there was ever a Game of Thrones open world game and one side quest would be to collect all of the Valyrian steel swords. One example could be stealing the sword from Randyll Tarly (probably would be an easier one) and another example could be traveling all the way to Valyria itself to steal back the Lannister's sword that was lost there (would be one of the harder ones to collect). I think that would be fucking dope.

[@ISaidLetLoose]

The Tarly's one is easy: train with Arya to be a faceless man, kill a servant or a Tarly's relative, and bam!

[@pattyli7976]

I honestly can't wait for a Got open world game where players can choose from solders, mercenaries, outlaws or characters like that, we don't get to be involve in every single plot twist that we already know from the book but those decisions subtlety changes the world around and the quests. I would honestly die for a game like that

[@johnmarsdern7526]

Like Elder Scrolls V Skyrim on steroids

[@thegamelabgaming7556]

Mount and blade warband, a world of ice and fire mod is the closest you’ll get

[@CMXR]

It would be cool if in that open world game you have roles you answer questions first and the game automaticly chooses based on your answers which house your on or what ever your role is there is a king and a leader for each house and you could go to wars and go in quest like what you said

[@eu4um]

9:59 "This is why we need a GoT Prequel" WELL HERE WE ARE

[@DomskiPlays]

Thought the same lol

[@karosrauf7547]

something very interesting about bastards swords is that it is a sword that can be wielded with one or two hands. In terms of the bastard sword being a metaphor it shows how he has learnt a lot from Neds iconic 2 handed wielding method and his true fathers 1 handed talgaryen/valyrian heritage but overall classed as a BASTARD sword a true overall representation for Jons unique character.

[@candidcomments292]

karos rauf basterd swords are typically 2-3 inchs longer then a 1 handed long sword, and about 1/2 an inch wider at the base. Most basterd swords are also have about 3 inches of extra handle so the second hand could grip the pomel in the base of your palm thats the hand and a half bit. A full two handed long sword ofter had enough room for two hands without them touching each other.

[@pagwani610]

A bastard sword is just a slightly smaller sub-classification of a long sword. So when he said it was longer in the video *shudder* Also one-handed swords are called Arming swords, not Longswords. Longswords are mainly 2 handed, but as Caleb & Ducky have said can be wielded with one hand.

[@Thehintercast]

So little finger did end up getting killed by his own dagger in the show....

[@ethanhoneycutt6941]

Thehintercast and Ned by his own sword

[@bigmac8574]

Little finger isn’t dead. He’ll trick everyone in the end.

[@winstonchurchill624]

Espen Harbin Looked pretty dead to me.

[@AncientHoplite]

Will Roth Two words. Faceless. Men. Didn't you notice Littlefinger wasn't acting at all like he used to? He didn't try to get out of the situation, or come up with a valid reason for why he didn't do what was accused (and there were valid reasons, lies, but still reasons). Plus you see him talking to some girl right before he dies. He gives her a coin. You know. Like that one that gets Arya to Braavos. Anyway. I don't think the shows writers without the books to go off are that smart, but hey, we can only hope.

[@22steve5150]

I think littlefinger was outmatched and for the first time in a very long time, found something was happening that was far worse than any of the scenarios he had thought up. He didn't believe in Brann's farsight thus he had no counter to the fact that Sansa and Arya were going to learn the full truth about him, he did not realize that Sansa had learned some of the lessons he had taught her only too well, and after having turned a pair of sisters against each other once before he did not respect the bond that the remaining Stark girls still shared. He paid for these mistakes with his life. As far as the girl and the coin, this is a man who has used whores and chambermaids as spies for his entire life, he was simply paying one of his spies for a bit of info or some other deed to advance his plan to turn Sansa against Arya and Jon.

[@tulkdog]

Randall may want his sword back but he got turned into charcoal, so I guess Sam gets to keep it.

[@Jack-rk7jc]

So that WAS Sam's brother that got toasted! Feel kinda bad for Sam's roll at the gene pool... one son looks like Tom Brady and the other... well, Sam lol

[@tulkdog]

Jack M Yup, Sam and his sister are it for that family line. I suspect he's going to do his duty to make sure the line doesn't die out.

[@bryanmanuel4945]

Does he even know how to use it?

[@tulkdog]

Bryan Manuel Doesn't seem that way as he played possum through the battle of Winterfell.

[@alicedeligny9240]

I wonder if the Dayne's sword Dawn can kill Walkers. It was made from a meteorite, so maybe it has the "fire" in it to kill an Other.

[@Faretheewell608]

Dawn is Lightbringer

[@GeekMasterGM]

​@Faretheewell608 lightbringer is made from valyrian steel right? And Dawn from a comet

[@Faretheewell608]

@@GeekMasterGM we have not been told enough about the fabled sword that was tempered in a woman's blood. You have Dawn's history correct. The comet that heralded all the magic has the same core as Dawn. Dawn can end the magic/sorcery. Anyway, that is my theory, formed after reading the first book.

[@danielkemper8277]

I haven't watched the vid all the way through but this would make sense. If Ned's sword was named "Ice" and the Targaryan swords is named "blackfyre" and it is said when two valyrian steel swords clash it sounds like a "song" QED: the song of ice and fire will be a sword battle using the two swords (obviously remnant of Ice since it was melted down).

[@Biggietalls779]

Daniel Kemper that's a stretch

[@jurekdekarski2316]

Who's gonna use the blackfyre? Euron greyjoy?

[@zedex1226]

Fire and Ice are represented as metaphors over and over again in a variety of forms. Not just one facile form. Watch Samurai Champloo, it'll all make more sense. lol

[@geoffbezoz8827]

very poetic haha. Technically we have heard this kind of noise/'song' when the white walkers (ice) sword struck Jons valyrian sword (dragonfire) in Hardhome. Don't particularly think it means anything important but your comment made me think of it :-)

[@maxroose4517]

"This is why we need a Game of Thrones sequel guys" So happy House of the Dragon has been such a success. Hope they do that scene justice.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

*prequel, but yeah I agree!

[@gabriel__opazo]

9:58 "That's why we need a GoT prequel movie" Years later, your wish has been granted, and far better than expected.

[@drewa290]

This guy gave too much thought into something that the writers gave no thought to. Great video I just wish the writers would’ve watched this before season 8

[@SpyDecon]

pretty cool how you foreshadowed littlefinger dying by the dagger in the show, although it was arya doing it and baelish's death being over in mere seconds without the mention of the knife

[@dv6165]

Not true. Petyr mentions it to Bran when he gives him the dagger and when Bran gives the dagger to Arya there's even a close up of the hand over and Bran makes a face that says he just changed the future. The killing of Petyr with the blade is the red herring pay off of that moment, while the real pay off of course is Arya's later kill with it.

[@DaSkarekrow]

hahaha Twenty seconds in.....He says "These guys are a problem" Season 8 Episode 3 would like a word lol (will still finish the video, love the insights on your videos)

[@IronB2]

Not sure if this would be accounted for in the show, but in reality. It would not be possible to melt steel into liquid form and retain its metallurgic properties. So when ice is melted down and poured into two new swords, they would no longer be valyrian steel. The process of melting and pouring is called casting. Forging would be the act of heating the sword up and working it by hammer or other tools while still in its solid state. Additionally, dragon glass is likely a byproduct of the production of valyrian steel. When pattern welding steel, like valyrian steel, the craftsman would use a flux of perhaps some kind of sand, which would melt into a glass, and help float impurities etc off the material and allow for clean welding. That being said, it would make sense that the slag glass/flux formed during the forging process would possess the same white walker killing capabilities of the swords being produced at the time.

[@csabagalambos1461]

“Obsidian. Forged in the fires of the gods, far below the earth"

[@IronB2]

Or, obsidian artificially created as a byproduct of forging valyrian steel. Forged on earths surface, with the fires of dragons. haha

[@djprofessork5332]

Dragon fire most likely creates Obsidian by melting rock or a certain kind of stone. Valerian steel is either mixed with Obsidian like how forgers mix carbon into iron to created different kinds of steel or Dragon fire has some unknown properties to it and Valerian iron workers used dragons to heat the metal thus infusing it and giving it the unique properties. Or both, you mix in obsidian then reheat it with dragon fire.

[@IronB2]

The ProperGander read my comment above. I explain the dragon glass thing. I do in fact forge steel myself, including pattern welded blades. The closest thing you'll find to valyrian steel in real life. The flux used to forge weld the valyrian steel blades was likely some kind of sand, melted onto the blade and would then shatter off the blade while hammering during the forging process.

[@djprofessork5332]

Yeah but we are talking about a fictional fantasy universe. in this fantasy universe couldn't it be possible that crushed powdered dragon glass replaced sand in the forging process? That's the only thing I can think of as a reason why valyrian steel swords don't shatter like regular steel or irons sword that come into contact with white walker ice swords, and valyrian swords also make white walkers shatter like when they are stabbed with obsidian like when Samwell Tarly killed one.

[@paraboy3521]

You were right about prequel and that too about the fight of daemon vs aemond. That's gonna be insane, and you predicted it. Bravo

[@OuterRimPride]

I want to see Lyanna Mormont just scold the shit out of Jorah when they meet.

[@amberfillmore3517]

Ha Ha Ha. Right? lol.

[@busterwarren5]

lol yes

[@diReLoCke]

it's more likely that she'll simply ask to be allowed to kill him. She is a northerner to the bone and he dishonored their family not only by slaving but then again by running. Also, his presence in westeros could call her rule into question.

[@KriegsMeister27]

I think we're gonna see her break her stoic lady persona for a moment and exclaim something along the lines of "Uncle Jorah!!" and maybe run up to hug him, then remember why he left and then scold/punish him.

[@girhen]

Season 7 spoilers! If you haven't seen the episode as of 8/20, don't read. She's...10? Jorah has been gone since at least 7 seasons (years), and was in prison before that. I doubt she's ever seen him, even as an infant. She won't recognize him, though his honor may bind him to apologize. Now that there's evidence of walkers and how powerful they are, a skilled swordsman will be defended by Jon as necessary. If they're calling for an ending of human combat until the walkers are killed...he's probably safe. He was probably safe since the woman with dragons is his closest friend anyway.

[@MrOrtain]

There's a chance Sam was named after "Savage" Sam? He IS "Savage" Sam, just watch when he nominates Jon as Lord-Commander and burns Janos Slynt back to R'hllor

[@ivanttosuckyourblood]

And the way he plunges his own sword repeatedly into Gilly

[@theColJessep]

Sam certainly is a savage when it comes to attacking the larder... ;P

[@systemofafox6487]

In the books, Sam is nicknamed 'Sam The Slayer' after he kills the white walker but doesn't like it because he feels like they're just mocking him.

[@MrOrtain]

monnir humaran He's also nicknamed "the Slayer" in the show as well

[@Mik3yLow]

"Whilst Slynt was hiding with the women and children in a puddle of his own makin, Jon was leading." 😅😅 Best shit ever

[@stephenc.4319]

The Valyrian daggers are only thrown about and given away lightly by Euron. There's few if any other characters in Westeros who would be giving away such valuable blades like it was nothing. So that's why Tywin couldn't just buy up daggers to make a Valyrian sword. And they're also probably also scarce, apart from Euron's and LIttlefinger's daggers, I don't think any others are mentioned anywhere.

[@Tungdil_01]

Looking in retrospect is sad to see how people really believed the showrunners cared about anything

[@cgnomazoid]

You gave so much more credit to the show writers than they deserve, such a shame none of these off hand theories were even considered. Oh well we still have some books left

[@PizzaPenguin650]

He probably wont finis them? The ultimate ending was alredy spoiled. But the fans would reward it. Maybe he signed a contract that he would not finish Them until 10 years or something after the show? Hopefully they Are alredy written and can be published one day

[@rowni]

Im happy that Ser Jorah was fine knowing Jon has Long Claw 😊

[@masterfuljoe1017]

Who's here after what just happened?

[@BCSBB]

What a tragedy... 😐

[@hhh1200]

@@BCSBB the trampoline

[@johnr797]

"Randyll will want his sword back." Randyll kind of forgot about his house's ancestral blade.